Mechanical toy



April 22 w24 J. I lHOTA MECHANICAL TOY Filed Jan. 18. 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 del tto': new

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J. Lil-OTA MECHANCAL TOY Filed dan. 18 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Fatented pr. 22, 1924.

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MECHANICAL TOY.

Application led January 18, 1923. Serial Io.` 61111,389.V

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOEN LIHOTA, a citizen of Ukrainia,'residing at Terryville, in the county of Litchfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful improvements in'Mechanical Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention-relates to improvements in mechanical toys.

An important object of the invention is to numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the saine,

Figure 1 is a top plan view, partly in section, showing fragmentary portions of the body of a bird and its inovable wings,

Figure 2 is a fragmentary side elevational view of the body of a bird with al portion of the saine broken away to show the mechanical means employed for actuating the wings of the device,

Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view through the lbody of `the device `with the mechanical means for actuating the wings shown in front elevation, Y

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view showing a portion of the gearing employed to actuate the wing sections, and

Figure 5 is a fragmentary horizontal sectional viewY of the gearing shown in Fig. il.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown Va `preferred embodiment of the invention, thenumeral 1 desig-.

nates the forward body portion of the device, which in this form of the invention is the neck or forward portion of abird, while the numeral 2 represents the tail portion of the same. It is to be understood that the portions 1 and 2 may be constructed of either solid material or of shell formation. fhese two sections are connected to a central shell portion 3 and secured thereto by means of the screws e. This central shell portion is provided with a suitable eye 5 carried by the tcp of the same, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and is adapted for receiving the end of a cord 6 forsuspending the device to a light- Y TheV central shell ing fixture or the like. portion 3y is further provided with arcuate slots 7 and 8 that are provided on opposite sides, as best shown in Fig. 6. Positioned' inwardly from' the opposite ends of the cen- Y tral shell portion 3 are transversely extending discs 9 and 10 that are securely held in position by the screws 11.V Y

The central shell section 3 is provided for housing the mechanism employed to actuate the movable wings. rlhis mechanism consists of a longitudinally extending driving shaft 12 journaled in the transverse discs 9 and 10 'and projecting rearwardly and forwardly, respectively thereof. Theforward end ofA theshaft 12 is squared, as at 13, to adapt the same to be engaged and turned by a suitable key inserted through the forward section 1. Positioned rearwardly of the transverse discs 9 is a clock spring 14 hav-l ing vvits inner end anchored to the shaft g12 while its outer end is secured toa'pin -15` inserted through the said disc adjacent its lower edge. Secured to the lower wall of the central shell section 3, as by the screws 16, is a' bracket supportingmember having a perpendicular post 17, to the upper end of which is journaled the central portion of the shaft 12. This bracket supporting member is further provided 'with perpendicularVV arms 18 that are positioned on either side ofl the post 17 and in transverse alinement therewith. Rearwardly and in juxtaposition to the journaled end of the post 17 and soV loosely mounted on the shaft 12 is a common beveled gear 19 which isrprevented .fromV shifting longitudinally of the shaft by they post 17 and the ratchet wheel 2O that issuitably keyed to the said shaft. Pivotally s ecured, as at 21, to the common beveled gear 19 is a pawl 22 that is held into engagement with the ratchet kwheel by the leaf spring 23, as best shown in Fig. 3. It will be seen that the clock spring 14 may be wound up bya.

key positioned uponthe squared en'd'l'of the shaft 12 and vthat the common beveled gear will not be rotated by this movement of the shaft.' The unwinding of the said clock spring will rotate the shaft 12 in a counterclockwise direction and will similar` ly rotate the common beveled vgear 19,

through the medium of the ratchet wheel 2O i and pawl 22.

provided with laterally extending bearing V11o The jcurnaled upper end ofthe post 17 is A members 24 having journaled therein the inner ends of the transverse spur shafts 25 that are further journaled, adjacent their outer ends, in the upper ends of the perpendicular arms 18. Suitably keyed to the spur shaft 25 are pinions 26 that are permanently in mesh with the common beveled gear 19. These spur shafts are further provided with mutilated bevel gears 27 that are rigid with said shaft. It is to be understood that the mutilated beveled gears are minus teeth for approximately one-half of their periphery and that their purpose is to intermittently drive two trains of gears to be described hereafter.

Secured to diametrically opposite sides of the central shell section 3, as at 28, are inwardly extending arms 29 having bearing recesses 30 formed in opposite sides of their ends and adapted for supporting the adjacent ends of longitudinally extending spur shafts 31 and 31 which are journaled at their outer ends to the transverse discs 9 and 10 respectively. These spur shafts are provided at their adjacent ends with compound gears consisting of bevel gear portions 32 that are intermittently in mesh with the teeth of the mutilated bevel gears 27 foralter nately driving spur shafts 31 and 31', and further consist of spur gear portions 33.

Positioned above each pair of spur shafts 31 and 31 is a longitudinally extending shaft 34 that is journaled at its opposite ends in the transverse discs 9 and 10 and is provided with gears 35 that are permanently in mesh with the spur gear portions 33, as best shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 4. rlhese longitudinally extending shafts 34 are krigidly connected with the wings 36 by the arms 37 adapte-d for movement in the arcuate slots 7 formed in the central shell section 3 and by the arms 38 adapted for movement in the arcuate slots 8. Spacing collars 39 are secured to the shaft 34, outwardly of the arms 37 and 38, to prevent longitudinal shifting of suoli shaft. It will be readily seen that the shafts 34 will `be operated in unison and that each will alternately be rotated in opposite directions, due to the alternate drive of the spur shafts 31 and 31 by the mutilated beveled gear, and that this movement of the shaft 34 will cause the wings 36 to dan to imitate the wings of a bird.

in operating the device, the clock spring 14 is tightly wound by a key positioned upon the squared end 13 of the shaft 12. The unwinding of this clock spring will cause the shaft 12 to rotate in a counterclockwise direction and, due to the ratchet wheel 2O and pawl 22, the common beveled gear 19 will be caused to rotate with this shaft 12. The pinions 2G, being constantly in mesh with the common beveled gear 19, will rotate the mutilated beveled gears 27 for intermittently rotating the spur shafts 31 and 31', through the medium of the beveled gear sections 32. This rotation of the spur shafts 31 and 31 will drive the longitudinally extending shafts 34 throng-li the medium of the spur gear portions 33 and gears 35. It will be seen that the rotation of the longitudinally extending shafts 34 Will alternatel. be in opposite directions and will thus dap the wing sections 3G by means of the rigid con necting arms 37 and 33.

It is to be understood that the form of this invention herewith shown and described is to be taken as the preferred example 0f the same, and that various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be resorted to Ywithout departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

Having thus described the invention, I claim 1. In a device of the character described a central shell section, forward and rearward body sections carried thereby, a longitudh nally extending shaft carried by said shell section, means for rotating said shaft, a pair of transverse spur shafts operatively conf nected with the first mentioned shaft, a pair of longitudinally extending spur shafts operatively connected with each transverse spur shaft, a longitudinally extending shaft operatively connected with each pair of longitudinal spur shafts, and wings rigidly car-- ried by the last mentioned longitudinal shafts. c

2. In a device of the character described a central shell section, forward and rearward body sections carried thereby, a longitudinally extending shaft carried by said shell section, a cloclr spring for rotating said shaft, a common beveled gear operatively connected with said shaft, a pair of transverse spur shafts operatively connected with the first mentioned shaft, a mutilated beveled gear fixed to each spur shaft, a pair of longitudinally extending spur shafts associated with each transverse spur shaft, and alternately rotated by its mlntilated gears, a longitudinally extending shaft operatively connected with each pair of longitudinal spur shafts, and a wing fixed to each of the last mentioned longitudinally extending shafts.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

JOHN LIHOTA. 

